The former chief minister was referring to the waving of Pakistani flags in Tral and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed meeting Bollywood stars in Mumbai yesterday for promoting shooting of movies in the Valley.
Also read: Kashmiri leadr waves Pakistani flag at rally in Srinagar
Another Hurriyat leader Masarat Alam was arrested last month after his supporters waved Pakistani flags and raised pro-Pakistan slogans at a rally in capital Srinagar that he had organised to welcome back Geelani, who is his ideological mentor.
Geelani was put under house arrest at that time to prevent him from leading a march to Tral, which was tense after the death of a young man in Army firing.
Amid nationwide outrage over Paksitani flags being waved at the Masarat Alam rally, the Centre had ordered the Jammu and Kashmir government, in which the ruling BJP partners the PDP, to take "immediate and stringent" action.
After his arrest, union home minister Rajnath Singh had said, "I want to assure the people of this nation that those involved in treason will not be spared."
Also read: Kashmir's chief minister calls waving of Pakistani flag 'unacceptable'
Masarat Alam has been booked under the Public Safety Act, which allows the state to keep him in jail for two years without trial.
He had been out of prison for about a month when he was arrested again. The 45-year-old, who spent five years in jail, is accused of organising stone-throwing protests in the Valley in 2010, during which more than 100 people died in police firing.
His release in February this year, days after the new government took oath in Kashmir, became a flashpoint in the alliance between the PDP and the BJP, which have struggled to bridge an ideological divide to govern Jammu and Kashmir together.
Cuertsey:DAWN.COM,May 1,2015
Kashmiris shout anti-India and pro-freedom slogans as Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani addresses a rally on his return from New Delhi. AFP
A Kashmiri leader waved a Pakistani flag at a political gathering in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-held Kashmir.
According to reports in the Indian media, Hurriyat leader Masarat Alam waved the Pakistani flag on Wednesday to greet Syed Ali Shah Geelani at the rally.
Thousands of Kashmiris attended the rally, in the restive capital of state of Indian-held Kashmir, which was held as a show of strength to welcome Geelani on his return from New Delhi.
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Pakistan flags during procession of Hurriyat Conference in #Kashmir , allegedly led by Masrat Alam
8:30 AM - 15 Apr 2015
SRINGAR: A Kashmiri leader on Wednesday waved a Pakistani flag at a political gathering here, the summer capital of Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). The practice was revived after many years.
According to reports in the Indian media, Hurriyat leader Musarrat Alam waved a Pakistani flag to greet Syed Ali Shah Geelani at the rally, reported the Indian media.Thousands of Kashmiris attended the rally in the restive capital of Indian-held Kashmir, which was held as a show of strength to welcome Geelani on his return from New Delhi.
The Times of India reported that Alam also allegedly chanted pro-Pakistan slogans during the rally.Alam was released from prison after four years on March 7 this year. Questions are now being raised on his release and there are widespread reactions on social media platforms demanding his re-arrest.
The 47-year-old Alam, a likely successor to Syed Ali Shah Geelani, organised the Kashmiri youth to welcome Geelani on his return from New Delhi. Alam is known to have used social media to spread his views and distribute audio CDs in mosques.
Speaking on the occasion, Syed Ali Geelani said the Kashmir issue was an internationally-recognised dispute and termed it tripartite.He said India continued to maintain an illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and asked Mufti Saeed to announce that Kashmir was not an integral that Kashmir was not an integral part of India. He also issued a call for protest across the valley on coming Friday.
India reacted furiously following the show of support for Pakistan at the rally.Spokesperson Bharatiya Janata Party GVL Narasimha Rao said the act was completely unacceptable.“We expect the state government of Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Mufti Saeed, to take cognizance of the matter,” Rao added.
Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Kumar Singh said action against Musarrat Alam will be taken at an appropriate time keeping in view the “local situation”.“See the situation in Kashmir. You should see the mob. We will take action under appropriate law and appropriate time... (An) FIR has been lodged and police will take action at appropriate time,” Singh said.
Asked about the arrest of Alam, he said: “A case for anti-India remarks will be slapped against him” and rejected suggestions that a long rope was being given to the separatists and hardliners during the BJP-PDP coalition rule.”
“These statements are totally wrong,” he said.Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju reassured that the Jammu and Kashmir government would take up the issue against Musarrat Alam for waving Pakistani flag and ensuing anti-India sentiments at the rally.“We have taken note of it and have encouraged the state government to initiate action against such people. So, the state government has to handle the situation,” Rijiju told the media.
Courtesy :The News: Thursday, April 16, 2015
India reacted furiously following the show of support for Pakistan at the Srinagar rally.
The 47-year-old Alam, a likely successor to Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, organised Kashmiri youth to welcome Geelani on his return from New Delhi. Alam is known to use social media to spread his views and distribute audio CDs in mosques.
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Pakistani flag raised at rally of separatist Masarat Alam, freed recently http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pakistani-flag-raised-at-rally-held-by-kashmiri-separatist-masarat-alam-in-srinagar-755227 …
10:25 AM - 15 Apr 2015
India reacted furiously following the show of support for Pakistan at the Srinagar rally.
National Spokesperson Bharatiya Janata Party GVL Narasimha Rao said the act was completely unacceptable.
“We expect the state government of Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Mufti Saeed, to take cognizance of the matter,” Rao added.
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The way Pakistani flags were being raised in a protest in Srinagar is completely unacceptable: GVLN Rao on Masarat Alam & SAS Geelani (ANI)
Earlier, Hurriyat leader Asia Andrabi had also hoisted the Pakistani flag at a political gathering in Indian-held Kashmir to mark solidarity with Pakistan on its Republic Day.
Curtsey:DAWN.COM. APR 16, 2015
Masarat Alam Bhat: ‘A stone thrower since childhood’
M Saleem Pandit, TNN | Mar 10, 2015
The 47-year-old, a likely successor to separatist top gun Syed Ali Shah Geelani, organized Kashmiri youth to pelt stones at security forces and write anti-India graffiti.
SRINAGAR: Masarat Alam Bhat, whose release from jail has sparked off a political maelstrom, is a Kashmiri separatist hardliner with a talent for galvanizing the young and devising novel protest methods.
The 47-year-old, a likely successor to separatist top gun Syed Ali Shah Geelani, organized Kashmiri youth to pelt stones at security forces and write anti-India graffiti. Alam is known to use social media to spread his views and distribute anti-India audio CDs in mosques. During the Amarnath 2008 agitation, he came up with Ragda, a resistance dance where protestors form circles and clump their feet shouting slogans such as, "Go India, Go Back". A science graduate fluent in English, he was drawn to cries of azaadi and became commander of the Hizbullah militant outfit in 1990. He was arrested in 1991 and languished in jail through the decade.
He returned to prominence during the 2008 Amarnath land agitations and the 2010 protests. Arrested and freed many times, Masarat was behind the protest calendars and the " Quit Kashmir movement". He imposed restrictions on children attending school. Institutions remained closed between July and September 2010. Over 100 youngsters who participated in the stone pelting were killed across the Valley then.
Stone throwing was a form of protest in Kashmir since the 1980s. It was common in the Mirwaiz's bastion, downtown Srinagar. In 2010 Masarat had told TOI Crest: "I'm a stone thrower since childhood.
Those days, the only resistance was (throwing) stones. In winters, we'd throw kangris (earthen pots with hot coals carried in a wicker case). In 1989-90, the gun came, followed by torture, subjugation by the state. There've been so many deaths because demonstrators were unarmed. You don't allow them to express anger, attack them and expect them not to retaliate. People throw shoes, coke tins and trash in the US. Gujjars in Rajasthan threw stones when their demands weren't met."
Alam was arrested on Oct 18, 2010 after a manhunt; he carried a Rs 10-lakh reward. He's been slapped with the Public Safety Act several times since his 2010 arrest. "As soon as Alam is released, he starts from where he had left off. I haven't seen a separatist so obsessed," a 2010 article in Tehelka newsmagazine quoted an officer from the state's counter-insurgency cell.
Masarat is chairman of Muslim League, a constituent of Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Geelani. He's also Hurriyat general secretary. A student of a missionary school, Bhat is from a middle-class family of Zaindar Mohalla in the Old City. He lost his father at age 10. The family owned garment shops and, as Tehelka wrote, "stood out for his new clothes, new shoes and generous pocket money." Much has changed since.
Masarat sees no virtue in India. "India is an oppressor and has occupied this land since 1947. India should go... People of J&K are mature enough to decide their future as a nation... They've seen so many things... The situation has educated them. But first, and most important, India should quit J&K," he told TOI-Crest in 2010.
Curtsey:Times of India Mar 10, 2015,
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